Routine is the god of every social system it is the seventh heaven of business the essential component in the success of every factory the ideal of every statesman.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Your purpose is your why.

Rid yourself of those High School grudges which are still stressing you

Everybody undertakes what he sees another successful in whether he has the aptitude for it or not.

When written in Chinese the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

The animal lacks both anxiety and hope because its consciousness is restricted to what is clearly evident and thus to the present moment: the animal is the present incarnate.

Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation.

We all die and disappear, but that's because the mechanism of the world itself is built on destruction and loss.

Love is just a hole in the wall.

Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh.

I've been taking pictures since I was probably 16. I'm 54, and I can't believe how excited I am.